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Nsanity on 31 December 2011

PC
1. Crysis 2 (3,920,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3,650,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (3,510,000 downloads)
4. FIFA '12 (3,339,000 downloads)
5. Portal 2 (3,240,000 downloads)

Xbox 360
1. Gears of War 3 (890,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (830,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (760,000 downloads)
4. Forza Motorsport 4 (720,000 downloads)
5. Kinect Sports: Season Two (690,000 downloads)

Wii
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,280,000 downloads)
2. Mario Sports Mix (1,090,000 downloads)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles (950,000 downloads)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (870,000 downloads)
5. FIFA '12 (860,000 downloads)

http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-...f-2011-111230/

Ouch at Crysis 2 PC.



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bmmb1 on 31 December 2011
Nsanity said:

PC
1. Crysis 2 (3,920,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3,650,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (3,510,000 downloads)
4. FIFA '12 (3,339,000 downloads)
5. Portal 2 (3,240,000 downloads)

Xbox 360
1. Gears of War 3 (890,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (830,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (760,000 downloads)
4. Forza Motorsport 4 (720,000 downloads)
5. Kinect Sports: Season Two (690,000 downloads)

Wii
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,280,000 downloads)
2. Mario Sports Mix (1,090,000 downloads)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles (950,000 downloads)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (870,000 downloads)
5. FIFA '12 (860,000 downloads)

http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-...f-2011-111230/

Ouch at Crysis 2 PC.

Ouch at Xenoblade, above games such as Gears 3 and MW3....

Some people will justify this as a reaction to its not being announced as coming to the US for a long time. And I accept that - up to a certain degree.

But if Xenoblade will end up not selling much in the US (which is what most people expect), in my opinion this will completely disprove the camp that says that piracy for many is just a way to check if a game is any good, and many (or at least enough) pirates eventually buy a game if it is worth it.



Currently Playing: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked, Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Anticipating: Xenoblade, The Last Story, Mario Kart 7, Rayman Origins, Zelda SS, Crush3D, Tales of the Abyss 3DS, MGS:Snake Eater 3DS, RE:Revelations, Time Travellers, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Luigi's Mansion 2, MH TriG, DQ Monsters, Heroes of Ruin

bmmb1 on 31 December 2011
spurgeonryan said:
So then just because Xenoblade was not released in America at first, it still did not bring people to illegally download it too much. It was a lot, but it was still third.

Some Nintendo games probably get hurt more than help when Nintendo keeps the price at full price forever! Bring the game prices down already Nintendo!

How is it not too much when it is more than Gear 3, MW3 and Battlefield 3 on the 360...



Currently Playing: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked, Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Anticipating: Xenoblade, The Last Story, Mario Kart 7, Rayman Origins, Zelda SS, Crush3D, Tales of the Abyss 3DS, MGS:Snake Eater 3DS, RE:Revelations, Time Travellers, Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney, Luigi's Mansion 2, MH TriG, DQ Monsters, Heroes of Ruin

okr on 31 December 2011
spurgeonryan said:
Some Nintendo games probably get hurt more than help when Nintendo keeps the price at full price forever! Bring the game prices down

Why should the company which sells the most games worldwide lower their prices?



enrageorange on 31 December 2011
bmmb1 said:
Nsanity said:

PC
1. Crysis 2 (3,920,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3,650,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (3,510,000 downloads)
4. FIFA '12 (3,339,000 downloads)
5. Portal 2 (3,240,000 downloads)

Xbox 360
1. Gears of War 3 (890,000 downloads)
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (830,000 downloads)
3. Battlefield 3 (760,000 downloads)
4. Forza Motorsport 4 (720,000 downloads)
5. Kinect Sports: Season Two (690,000 downloads)

Wii
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (1,280,000 downloads)
2. Mario Sports Mix (1,090,000 downloads)
3. Xenoblade Chronicles (950,000 downloads)
4. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean (870,000 downloads)
5. FIFA '12 (860,000 downloads)

http://torrentfreak.com/top-10-most-...f-2011-111230/

Ouch at Crysis 2 PC.

Ouch at Xenoblade, above games such as Gears 3 and MW3....

Some people will justify this as a reaction to its not being announced as coming to the US for a long time. And I accept that - up to a certain degree.

But if Xenoblade will end up not selling much in the US (which is what most people expect), in my opinion this will completely disprove the camp that says that piracy for many is just a way to check if a game is any good, and many (or at least enough) pirates eventually buy a game if it is worth it.

it is much cheaper to hack your wii than your 360 and you lose far fewer benefits from pirating games. I'm suprised MW3 and Gears 3 got even that many downloads considering you won't be able to play online, while the wii games are same exact thing as buying retail, and you can't even buy xenoblade retail. So put two and two together and its not suprising at all xenoblades got pirated more than them.

Also kinect sports season 2 torrents are crazy. Considering how small the kinect userbase is and how casuals are considered the overwelming majority of kinect owners. Guess that myth has been disproven.



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Seece on 31 December 2011

Such a shame to see these figures ...



 

forest-spirit on 31 December 2011

Xenoblade...



UltimateUnknown on 31 December 2011

Forget Xenoblade look at Crysis 2, it was pirated approximately 4 million times. I might be wrong, but I don't even think the game sold half that amount on PC. So sad for a game that started on PC and was optimised for it.



 

man-bear-pig on 31 December 2011

Wow, i had no idea videogame piracy was so huge... poor Crysis 2.

Is there a similar list for albums and movies?



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

melbye on 31 December 2011

I hate pirates, i want them all to die a horrible death